Nearing the end of the Magic: The Gathering Regional Championship in Denver, Aiden Lamson said the convention room was no longer crowded and loud. The last day of the weekend-long competition, where he had played about 20 hours of the card game over two days, was a solemn sanctuary of the best, or perhaps luckiest, […]
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Caroline Bicks, University of Maine Stephen E. King Chair in Literature and professor of English, joined Maine Public for a “Maine Calling” segment on essential books. The segment explored what it means to be well read and the books that are often included on essential-to-read lists.
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece from Erin Victor, a doctoral candidate at the University of Maine, on addressing the use of single-use plastics in schools and normalizing reuse systems. Titled “We must move beyond magical thinking to normalize reuse systems,” the piece highlights her research in anthropology and environmental policy and engagement […]
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University of Maine Franco American Programs invites parents to register their children for an after school French program designed for children in grades K-5 with little to no exposure to French. Classes are organized by ability and taught by students in UMaine’s French program and College of Education and Human Development. Susan Pinette, director of […]
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News Center Maine and FOX22/ABC7 in Bangor reported the Northern Light sightings from the state of Maine. Shawn Laatsch, director of the Versant Power Astronomy Center, explained the reasoning behind the increased sightings. “Aurora are exceptionally beautiful but sort of illusive, if you will, these northern lights that light up our sky. And they’re coming […]
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Versant Astronomy Center provides the community a chance to explore the night sky every Friday at 8 p.m. guided by volunteer astronomers. Director Shawn Laatsch emphasizes the connection between astronomy and the university’s engineering projects, enhancing the educational experience for visitors reported by News Center Maine.
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The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will present the 2024 Maine Heritage Lecture at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17 in the Bodwell Area at the Collins Center for the Arts, with a reception to follow at the Hudson Museum. This year’s lecturer is Laura Artesani, professor of music in the […]
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Students and alumni will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 170 companies and organizations during the University of Maine’s 2024 Engineering and Computing Job Fair from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. The fair, which is expected to attract more than 1,000 participants, is hosted by the Career Center, in conjunction […]
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The University of Maine Foundation has received a $1 million gift from the estate of Agnes Ann Walsh to establish the Agnes Ann Walsh Chair in the University of Maine’s Department of Modern Languages and Classics. The inaugural Walsh Chair is Frédéric Rondeau, joined the UMaine faculty in 2013 and has served as director of […]
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The New Writing Series, sponsored by the University of Maine English Department in partnership with the Center for Poetry and Poetics, is hosting seven live reading events this fall to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Since its inception in 1999, more than 400 creative writers from a wide range of genres have participated in the series […]
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